if you want to die and leave a big garlicky corpse

[bossymarmalade]

Drabbles are one hundred words exactly. No more, no less. Otherwise, it's not a drabble.

Christ. Next thing you know, people will be writing fifty-six lines in a sonnet, because hey, the rules and terminology don't really matter when one is Creating.

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[between-names.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you. I thought that was the rule.

I figured anything somewhat longer that that would be considered a "ficlet" or something.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I like the boybanddrabbles community, but really, man. If you're going to write in a format, stick to it!

*seethes*

[ex_halo669]

next you'll be telling everyone "your eyes are red because you cried" isn't pure fucking genius. or that Giddy Up isn't really about horses.

godammnit. don't make me evacuate my bowels in your post-modernist Amish curio-cabinet again.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I have grown to love "your eyes are red because you cried" like nobody's business, due in a large part to your constant referencing of it. Heh!

And--dammit, I just cleaned that thing out! shoo! SHOO!!!

[ex_halo669]

I have grown to love "your eyes are red because you cried" like nobody's business, due in a large part to your constant referencing of it. Heh!

Lance and i are high-fiving over that revelation now. we will assimilate you to the Chasez. resistance is futile.

;)

[j-s-r.livejournal.com]

"your eyes are red because you cried" isn't pure fucking genius

Personally, I find the most genius line in that song to be, "Outside the winter seems so cold." Brilliant.

[ex_halo669]

hey! don't diss the Chasez. that's my job.

i adore that song. and i mock because i love.

and because i'm a snarky bitch, but i digress.

[armistice.livejournal.com]

You know, I never even thought about that one. Clearly, I should be listening to JC's lyrics much more closely. I've probably also missed out on all sorts of apocalyptic prophecies, too.

[pirateyes.livejournal.com]

Someone's a little touchy *pets*

Hey, man, I'm doing drabbles for charity here. I don't have the time to be picky about the word count. But I'll hide them so you don't have to see, if that helps :)

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

*g* I totally forgot that you called them drabbles--this was something else entirely that sparked my outburst. But hey, just refer to them as "vignettes" or "ficlets" or "doulble-drabbles" and I'll be fine. And don't be bringing up any Shawn Desman songs, either! I'm watching you. *points finger suspiciously*

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[pirateyes.livejournal.com]

*blinks innocently*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

On occasion, I've wanted to say that to some of the people in boybanddrabbles. I mean, Creating is all well and good, but so is Organizing. Don't call it a drabble unless it fits the guidelines. And really, the rules for writing a drabble aren't hard.

1. Write a story in exactly one hundred words.

That's it! It's easy! It's pie! It's one simple rule!

*cough*
Wow, I had a lot more passion stored up about that than I thought.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Babygirl! *covers you in little kisses*

I've often wondered just how annoying it must be for you, since you do the archiving and all. And I mean, really--it's not that hard to understand or follow, is it?

*pets you*

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

*revels in the attention*

And! I've even posted reminders! I really am thinking of making a flat cut-off. Some of the 'drabbles' have hit 500 words. I kinda want to just say... no. And really, it's supposed to be a drabble website, not a ficlet website.

And a drabble is supposed to be a challenge. Fit an entire story of meaning in a hundred words. It should be tough. It isn't impossible. I know this because every single drabble that I've written has been exactly 100 words.

[minette.livejournal.com]

*cuddle* Look, it's a rule now:



Now no one can say they didn't know. :)

[northern]

Aahahahahahahaha!

[ex_halo669]

best rule EVER :)

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

You are so brilliant it hurts my eyes. That's fantastic!!!

*snuggles you wildly*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

*blinks*

Wow. I really, really want to post that on the drabblesite. And then go through and delete (or even more evil: edit!) all stories that are over. Because you practically never get one under. Mostly over.

But. Will do my best to resist the urge.

[minette.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha! Now I'm tempted to tempt you, but that's too much tempting for one person, so I'll refrain on the temptation.

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

That's very sweet of you. I may do it anyway. We'll see how I feel after the Buffy.

(which starts in an hour!)

[lucylooo.livejournal.com]

I love you. I am currently plotting a way to steal you away from your gf. :)

*meep* Didn't mean to say that out loud! *hides from Bliss*

[minette.livejournal.com]

*giggle* You said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet. :D

[pirateyes.livejournal.com]

You are too, too cool.

*fears Maggie now*

[indirajames.livejournal.com]

Fuck the rules, I'm gonna write a 101 word thing!

*running away* Kidding!

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

You little rebel, you! *brandishes knife*

[ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com]

I've heard a hundred words, one hundred five words and one hundred forty-four words held up as the drabble gold standard, so I'm confused and will just call it all "a really short thing." :-)

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

105 and 144, really? I've never heard those restrictions before. Innnnteresting....

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[ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com]

I forget who it was, but I distinctly remember someone *insisting* it was 144 words and anyone who didn't know that was a moron. I had thought it was 100 words. I'm so confused. Good thing everything I write ends up 3,000 pages long whether I planned it that way or not...

[kiffle.livejournal.com]

I'm totally not trying to pick a fight, I'm seriously curious. When you read things in boybanddrabbles, do you actually count the words? Because unless it's significantly shorter or longer than 100 words, I can't tell without doing an actual word count.

The last one I posted was 96 words. I couldn't think of how to put 4 more in! :)

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I don't count them, but most of the time you can tell when people go significantly over 100. Probably because they usually announce it in the post. *g*

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

I think that's what aggravates me the most. The little, 'whoops, I went over by 10 words but oh well! lol!!' If you go over by a few words, then don't fucking say anything about it and we'll never know. bah.

[kiffle.livejournal.com]

This is true! I purposely don't want to draw attention to my drabble inabilities, so I don't say anything. ;)

[missizzard.livejournal.com]

Word. Not so bad when someone doesn't know the rule, but when they know, and just kinda giggle and go "oops, went over again!", then grr. And it does matter. To me, the whole purpose of it is to challenge yourself. You're given a structure and you use your mad skillz to write a rounded story in only 100 words. If you disregard that, it's not challenging you and it's not a learning exercise.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Exactly! If you don't want to follow the rules of a drabble, don't write a drabble. Sheesh.

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

I *heart* you more than ever.

And hey, if anyone wants to dispute it:

Set by the Birmingham University SF Society as thus: a self-contained vignette of exactly 100 words, no more, no less, with up to 15 more words are allowed for the title. Hyphenated words are in dispute. The term originates from a Monty Python skit: "Drabble. A word game for 2 to 4 players. The four players sit from left to right and the first person to write a novel wins." Drabbles started in British SF fandom in the late '80s. A half-drabble is fifty words long; a double drabble is 200 words long.

I love you!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I'm resisting the urge to put both this and minette's picture on the boybanddrabbles webpage.

Because! Set! By a University!

Re: I love you!

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

Well, a university sci-fi club, but still, yes. Official.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I [heart] you too, babygirl. Because somebody must put their foot down, before we're all injured by a 567-word behemoth drabble. It's a preventative measure!

[ex_halo669]

Because somebody must put their foot down, before we're all injured by a 567-word behemoth drabble.

::snort::

oh, man. if i dream about being skewered by a rampaging behemoth drabble, it's totally your fucking fault.

your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with a pictorial representation of just what a behemoth drabble looks like. i'm kinda thinking a frothy-mouthed, horned mammoth-type beastie, but that could be because it's THREE FUCKING THIRTY AM AND I CAN'T SLEEP.

i go now.